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Lok Sabha polls: Let's change incumbency theories, says PM Modi in Varanasi

Modi files nomination, declares Rs 2.5-crore assets, MA from Gujarat University

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BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh, and Amit Shah, with Shiv Sena supremo Uddhav Thackeray and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, in Varanasi on Friday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi filed his nomination. Photo: PTI

Aditi Phadnis Varanasi
Vowing to overturn existing theories on anti-incumbency, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked his workers to ensure two things: that there was no belittling of Oppo­sition candidates; and that the BJP must report a victory in every booth. Addressing a BJP workers’ meeting, where supporters cheered wildly, Modi said: “After yesterday’s road show, it seems the voters have already decided who will win.”

He said he would be caught up in the campaign all over India and might not be able to return to Varanasi. In that sense, he would be a candidate who will fill the form and not show